A regioregular head to tail thiophene based double-cable polymer with pendant anthraquinone functional groups: Preparation, spectroscopy and photovoltaic properties

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1723-1730

  Mohamad, David K ^a   Chauhan, Sangita S ^a   Yi, Hunan ^a   Cadby, Ashley J ^a   Lidzey, David G ^a   Iraqi, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Photovoltaic devices; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR GROUPS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION; FUNCTIONALIZED; GEMINATE RECOMBINATION; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; MODEL BLEND; PHOTOPHYSICAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BASED; QUENCHING OF FLUORESCENCE; REGIO-REGULAR; SMALL MOLECULES;

CABLES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTERS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; KETONES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIOPHENE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 79955467764     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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